About University City

In the late 1700's and early 1800's, various individuals in Scotland and in the United States, very much independent of one another, began a movement now known as the Restoration Movement. Their goals were diverse, but paramount was the desire to get behind layers of tradition which had accumulated through the years and to return to the apostolic teaching of the primitive church.

Eventually members of this movement made their way to Gainesville, Florida, and what is now known as the University City Church of Christ was founded in 1897. Members met in homes for the first decade until a meeting house was constructed in 1907 on East University Avenue next to the current location of the downtown branch of the public library. The congregation grew and moved to a new home in 1955 in the building which now houses the Salvation Army on East University Avenue.

Continued growth allowed the church to build new facilities at its present location in the early 1980's. A Centennial Celebration was held in November 1997, celebrating a century of worship and service to God, Christ, and the Holy Spirit, and a century of serving the community of Gainesville. Amen!